Moderate Unemployment Area
Avery County, NC Current Unemployment - 3.2%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Avery County, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
3.3%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
3.3%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.2%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.0%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.3%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.6%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.0%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.2%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
5.3%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
4.9%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
4.1%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
4.1%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
4.3%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
4.5%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
4.0%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
3.9%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.0%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.2%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
2.9%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
2.6%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
4.3%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.9%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.4%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.2%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
9.5%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.0%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
6.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
5.0%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
5.1%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
4.6%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.0%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
5.1%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
4.4%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.4%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.3%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.7%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.7%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.9%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
3.8%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
3.8%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.0%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.2%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.4%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
4.5%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.6%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.2%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.4%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.3%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.6%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.5%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.5%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.0%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.2%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.5%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.8%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
5.6%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.3%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.8%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.1%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.0%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.0%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.1%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.1%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
3.7%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.6%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
5.9%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.8%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.6%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.1%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.7%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
4.9%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
4.8%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
4.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.5%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.5%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.8%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.8%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
6.8%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.9%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.6%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.8%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.1%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.8%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.7%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.6%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.0%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.1%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.8%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.9%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
8.1%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.1%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.7%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.7%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.4%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.2%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
6.3%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.2%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.5%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.4%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.0%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.8%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
12.5%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.7%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.0%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.8%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.7%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.6%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
7.7%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.5%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.1%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.0%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.6%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.4%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
12.3%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.3%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.9%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.8%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.7%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.6%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.0%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.7%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.9%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.9%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.9%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.3%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
13.1%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.7%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.1%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.7%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.7%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.8%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.3%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.2%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.8%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.5%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.7%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.8%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
12.9%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.2%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.3%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.2%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.3%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.0%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
9.8%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
9.4%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
9.1%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
8.9%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.8%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.4%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
10.3%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.8%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.0%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.3%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
9.1%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
9.0%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
8.1%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
8.0%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
8.0%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
8.3%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
9.4%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
9.9%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
5.5%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.6%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.4%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.1%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.4%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.1%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
5.4%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
5.1%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
4.8%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
5.3%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.3%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.4%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
5.8%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.5%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.8%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.0%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.5%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.5%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.6%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.0%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
3.9%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.0%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.7%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.9%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
5.4%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.0%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.3%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.1%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.0%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.8%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
4.8%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.6%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.0%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.8%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.8%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.8%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
5.9%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.7%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.0%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.7%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.5%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.4%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.2%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.8%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.5%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.5%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
5.2%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.9%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
5.9%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.9%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
5.9%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.2%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
4.9%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.2%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
4.7%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
4.2%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
3.8%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.2%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.4%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.2%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
6.9%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.0%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.2%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.5%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.1%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.1%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
5.5%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
5.0%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
4.8%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
4.6%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.5%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.2%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
8.1%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.8%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.4%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.1%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.7%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.4%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.4%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
5.8%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.2%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.1%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
6.6%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.2%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
6.0%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.8%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.5%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.3%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.5%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.9%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.2%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
5.3%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.0%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.1%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.1%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.2%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
4.5%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.1%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.4%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.5%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.8%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.6%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
3.8%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.7%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.2%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.7%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.3%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
4.8%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
4.9%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.4%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
3.7%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
2.7%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
2.9%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
2.7%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
2.5%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
2.3%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
2.8%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.4%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.2%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
5.9%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.9%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
5.6%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
3.4%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
2.7%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
3.0%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
2.4%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
2.6%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
2.2%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
2.5%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
3.1%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
3.3%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
6.7%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
5.8%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.0%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
3.7%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
2.7%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
3.1%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.5%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
2.8%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
2.6%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
2.7%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
3.4%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.9%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
10.0%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.9%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
6.2%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.4%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
4.3%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
3.7%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
3.7%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
3.4%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
2.9%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
3.0%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.1%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
3.7%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
8.4%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.8%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.6%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.5%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
5.3%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.9%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
5.7%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
4.5%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.2%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.1%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.0%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.2%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
10.2%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.5%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.4%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.4%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
5.3%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.5%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
6.9%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.2%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.7%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.5%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.5%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.3%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
11.2%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
10.7%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
10.7%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.4%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.0%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.8%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
7.7%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
6.6%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
6.3%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.5%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.7%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.1%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
11.2%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.1%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
12.1%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.1%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.2%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.0%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.5%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
8.1%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.5%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.7%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.6%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.5%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
9.8%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.2%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.2%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.8%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.4%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.0%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.4%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.6%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.1%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.3%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.7%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.5%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Avery County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
7.2%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.5%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.2%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.4%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.6%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.5%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.1%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.5%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.3%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.4%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.4%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.6%
4.9%
6.3%